It's time for Trigun Maximum Vol 7 in the original Japanese version! This means it's the dialogue as written by Yasuhiro Nightow. We've only done cleaning work to remove any damage done to the pages through wear and tear, literally, and then some minor editing for chapter and page numbering.
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A collection of sketches by Yasuhiro Nightow released in the rare art booklet, Trigun Black.
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It's time for Trigun Maximum Vol 6 in the original Japanese version! This means it's the dialogue as written by Yasuhiro Nightow. We've only done cleaning work to remove any damage done to the pages through wear and tear, literally, and then some minor editing for chapter and page numbering.
This is also the quality you can expect from the 2.0 translation release, as this is what we will refer to as 2.0 in terms of the scans. We hope you enjoy the scans and their resolutions, and as always, everyone's free to make edits and art with our scans as long as they leave credit.
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Hey there! First of all thank you so much for all the work you do and share with the fandom, it gives me hope in these communities :')
But, I have an annoying question haha. I think this might've been asked before but I've been fishing online for the original Japanese phrasing of the famous phrase "After all was said and done I wanted to share my tomorrows with him" but I came up empty handed.
I'm really curious about it because some TLs I found go along the lines of "You (Wolfwood) just wanted to see a tomorrow after all settles down," and it feels like there was some details in interpretation that end up being something big since this is an important moment in the story.
Sorry for the bother but the curiosity kills me. And again, thank you for everything!
Hey there and thank you for the question.
The original Japanese phrasing is:
だから思つたのだ
全てやりとげた明日を
分かちあいたいと
...そうだろう?
ウルフウツド
Which directly translates into:
So I thought
Tomorrow when all is done
We could share it
...Don't you agree?
Wolfwood
The Japanese language is notorious for being vague and beating around the bush when it comes to stating certain things directly, even if it involves crucial information. This line is likely another example of that, as it may attempt to convey Vash's inner realization what is about to happen to Wolfwood and the sadness in that.
So, it can easily be more of a "We could've shared a tomorrow", that the chance to both survive was something that at least Vash had hoped for, and hoping that Wolfwood also had. There is a clear "We" in there but it's entirely from Vash's perspective, so we don't actually know if Wolfwood shared the same hopes or expectation to survive. Whatever the case may be, just a page later reality kicks in.
What it all means is very much up to interpretation, of course. My personal interpretation is that Vash realizes that he is afraid of Wolfwood dying, and that he hoped they would both live to see a tomorrow without all this struggle, hoping that Wolfwood also wanted to live.
I received my copy of AX Magazine from September, 1998. I’ve never seen scans of this magazine, so I’ll get it scanned. For now though, more pictures below cut -
Woke up thinking about how, up until the very end of what Vash seemingly thought was the end of his life with Knives, the only time I can remember Vash actively using his powers to the point that willingly he let himself look nonhuman... was for and around Wolfwood
Trigun Stampede draws its lore and story direction mainly from Trimax. But there's a pretty significant plot thread that it shares specifically with the 1998 anime that wasn't the case in Trimax. Apart from the peripheral plot elements that differ, many of the major beats of the situation are almost identical between the two anime.
In both 1998 and Tristamp, several years after The Big Fall (15 years in 1998, 5 years in Tristamp), Knives gives Vash a gun and tries to coerce him into using it to kill humans
Vash hesitates, prompting Knives to mock Vash as incapable of doing anything on his own. Knives then walks off intending to kill someone as a demonstration.
Vash tries to stop Knives, and a scuffle between the brothers ensues.
Ultimately, Vash takes the gun and, rejecting what Knives wants him to do, points it at Knives instead.
And in both 1998 and Tristamp, Vash would go on for over a century carrying the gun that Knives 'gifted' him, while refusing to use it to kill.
I will note that Trimax does have a moment where Vash points a gun at Knives that symbolizes, in Knives’s eyes, Vash choosing humanity over him (this is universal in Trigun), and like in Tristamp, the moment closely coincides with Knives cutting off Vash’s arm, but it does not have the same level of overlap as the above. Vash’s gun in Trimax does not carry the same historical weight.
(With sources and references!)
I will use the abbreviations EY to stand for Earth Year and PE to stand for Planet Era, the calendar and year system used by No Man's Land. I will use ~ in front of a date to indicate that it's not concrete but is about that time.
This should hopefully be a comprehensive timeline for TriStamp. I've done my best to comb through both the series as well as some of the extras from Studio Orange on Twitter, and I will provide sources/pictures as well as reasoning where relevant. So onto the actual timeline starting with.....
~EY 2256 - Project SEEDS leaves earth - based on Rem saying that it has been about 200 years since they left Earth and in that scenes the boys look like they do after at least a year old.
EY 2405 May 3rd - Tesla is born
EY 2455 July 21st - Vash and Nai are born
EY 2456 July 21st - Vash and Nai's first birthday
~ EY 2456 - The Big Fall - due to the fact that Vash and Nai still look about the same age it is either the same year or pretty close to it when the Big Fall happens
~ EY 2461 - When Vash runs away from Home to confront Nai and he gets his arm cut off. Brad says it had been 5 years since the Big Fall.
PE 00 November 1st (~ EY 2502) - The first city November is established as well as the Planet Era Calendar. Based on Vash, Nai, Luida, and Brad all saying it has been about 150 years since the Fall at the time the actual episodes take place, the math works out to this happening about 46 years after the big fall. This information comes from Studio Orange's twitter where they posted some extra world building info.
PE 00 December (~ EY 2502) - 2nd city December is established
PE 01 July (~ EY 2503) - 3rd city July is established (RIP your theme song slapped)
PE 01-02 (~ EY 2503-2504) - The rest of the seven cities of Augusta, Octovern, May, and September are established
~ PE 79 (~ EY 2581) - Rollo is taken and Eye of Michael-ed. Based on a combination of what Roberto and Conrad say in episode 5. Conrad says in the flash back after Rollo has been experimented on that he is the first to survive for 5 whole years. And then Roberto later says its been about 20 years since the town was abandoned aka since Rollo came back as Monev the Gale and wrecked the place. Roberto says the 20 years comment when looking at the state of the house and before finding the photo of Vash and bby Rollo.
PE 81 (~ EY 2583) - Meryl is born! This also helps us establish the year the episodes take place as Meryl was born in 81, is 23 years old, and just finished college in 103 which you can just make out at the bottom of the screen. (23 + 81 = 104) Meaning the majority of the episodes themselves take place in PE 104
~ PE 84 (~ EY 2586) - Rollo comes back to the windmill town as Monev the Gale and wrecks the place.
PE 99 - PE 103 (~ EY 2601 – 2605) - Meryl is in college!
PE 104 May 25th (~ EY 2606) - We finally get to Episode 1! Meryl and Roberto find Vash half dead and he has the duel with the military police! As stated earlier we have determined the year based on Meryl's resume.
PE 104 May 25th/26th - Episode 2/3 happens. This episode may either be the same day as episode 1 or it could be the next day as there is multiple ways to determine the timing.
First way: As Vash is attempting to leave Roberto does say "Wait... You told me this morning." when asking who Vash is seemingly running away from. This would indicate that it is the same day as episode 1 since that is when Vash first tells them about Knives.
Second way: Episodes 2/3 take place the next day as in the intro sequence while Vash is cleaning his gun it is night outside as shown by the window in his room, and later on we see it is day and we know it is a window as when Vash is leaving you can see the light outside. I personally still think this is the case since the town people have also had a chance to get together and plan Vash's capture, and when Roberto is referring to the morning that could be referring to the interview he and Meryl were doing with him in the bar.
PE 104 May 29th/30th - Episode 4 happens. The radio states it has been 3 days since Jeneora Rock.
PE 104 May/June/July - Sometime in this period episode 5 happens. I suspect towards the mid/end of July since Vash and Wolfwood are still upset with each other over Rollo during the start of episode 6. (@ StudioOrange what happened during their off screen road trip we wanna know)
PE 104 ~ July 20th - Episodes 6/7 happen. The timing on this is entirely based on how long Vash remains passed out in Home before waking up, but at least one day passes from 6/7 to Vash's very bad no good day that is episodes 8/9/10/11/12 since it goes from day on 6 to sunset on 7, and then back to day when Vash wakes on the ship.
PE 104 July 21st - Episodes 8/9/10/11/12 aka Vash goes to Soup day aka the twin's 151st bday or thereabouts. We know for sure it was July 21st thanks to Nai giving his bro the worst bday present ever and the radio announcer confirming the date explicitly during the anniversary for the epilogue.
PE 106 July 21st (~ EY 2608) - Episode 12 epilogue happens as stated by the radio announcer.
BONUS:
SE 110 June 2nd (~ EY 2612) - Now this is an interesting date, as this is the "effective" date listed on Wolfwood's pastor contract.
We do know for sure however that the date June 2nd SE110 cannot equal June 2nd PE110, and equal the current day and year, as this happens on July 21st. It also cannot be the date Wolfwood is sent after Vash as they meet up May 29/30th, and even if that date is wrong (like if more than a day passes between episodes 1 and 2 somehow), if the year was 110 then Meryl would be 29 years old, very much not a fresh out of college newbie since we know she also graduated in 103.
General theorizing from myself and the wonderful people who have commented on this post and on others post seem to align with SE possibly meaning Sinners Era and being slightly off from the Planet Era year system the rest of the planet uses.
For my personal theorizing, the closest match to this date is if SE110 is equivalent to PE104 (so a six year difference between year systems), and an extra 3 days happen between Episodes 1 and 2/3, then it may be the day Wolfwood was sent after Vash. It could also be that we are making the incorrect assumption that they are using the Earth calendar with Earth calendar month lengths. If May is 28 days then that would place Episode 4 on June 1st with my current timeline which would be even closer.
In summary:
The important part is that Vash, Wolfwood, Meryl, and Roberto spend a total of about 2 months traveling together between May 25th and July 21st. And I have no fucking clue what's going on with Wolfwood's contract.
Apparently, Luida’s the one that cut Vash’s hair. Headcanon that Rem used to cut the twin’s hair and she was very good at it. But Luida sucked at it and that’s why Vash’s hair became that mess in his gangly teen yrs, and after that he just kept it.
